Dick Fosbury, the Olympic gold medalist in the men's high jump, passed away on Sunday in Salt Lake City at the age of 76 after a brief battle with lymphoma. Fosbury's innovative technique, known as the "Fosbury Flop," revolutionized the high jump event and earned him international recognition. Fosbury, who hailed from Medford, Oregon, changed the game of high jumping forever as a high schooler. He introduced the "Fosbury Flop" technique, where he cleared the bar headfirst and backward, with his body parallel to the ground. He saw a remarkable improvement in his high jump by one foot from 5-3.75 to 6-3.75. Initially, Fosbury used the "scissors" style, an outdated high jump style. Later, he tried to adopt the "straddle,"...
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Tracklete and 2-time NCAA 400m Champion, Randolph Ross 🇺🇲 has been banned by the AIU for 3 years - till 2025!!😳He was banned for Whereabouts Failures and Tampering with part of Doping Control by an Athlete. His results from 18th June, 2022, have been disqualified.UPDATED FULL STORY 👇🏾The first whereabouts violation happened on April 14, 2022, when Ross neglected to update his information to show that he would be in Gainesville, Florida preparing to compete in the Tom Jones Memorial.The second miss happened when he failed to update his whereabouts, saying he was caught up in the excitement of returning to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, where he defended his 400 title and made All-America in the two relays. In...
Thirty-five schools have won at least one NCAA track and field championship, whether that be a men's or women's title or an indoor or outdoor title. From those 35, just 19 schools have won multiple NCAA track and field championships in their history. Arkansas leads all schools with 35 total championships, followed by LSU with 32 and Southern California with 30. The latter two programs added to this total with the 2021 outdoor team titles in men's and women's track and field, respectively. Here is a complete breakdown of the schools with the most NCAA track and field team championships across men's and women's track and field in both the indoor and outdoor seasons. Total Championships Here are the schools...
View this profile on Instagram Talitha Diggs (@talithadiggs) • Instagram photos and videos Talitha Diggs brings home the gold in the NCAA 400M The Florida Gator ran a personal best time of 49.99 in the event to claim the gold medal. Only four other runners have finished the event in a faster time than Diggs. Diggs, a sophomore also won the 400M event for the Indoor National Championships back in March. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Talitha Diggs (@talithadiggs) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Florida Gators Track & Field (@gatorstf) Championships 2022 NCAA Indoor Champion (400m) 2021 SEC Indoor Champion (400m) USTFCCCA All-America Honors 2022 USTFCCCA Indoor First Team All-American (400m)...
